Trap



A ril 24, 1928.

8 4 0 m 9 W u m m N w H and u 6 wn M m j M J W H aw? 4 5 w w M W\ ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 24, 1928.

WILLIA E. mwnmos, or NEAR SAN 3651:, CALIFORNIA.

' TRAP. 7

Application filed January 26, 1927. Serial 1 101163352. i

This invention relates particularly to traps for use in catchingrodents. V t

It is the object of the invention to provide a trap so designed and arranged as to catch the rodent or other aninial Without injury,

whereby it can be killed in any suitable manner without suffering.

It is another object of the invention to] provide a trap of the character indicated that will be economical in construction, sin ple in form and operation, quickly and easily assembled and disassembled, easily cleaned, and highly efiicient in trapping an animalwithout causing it undue bodily suttel-ing. g

The drawing is a. vertical transverse sectionthrough a device embodying my inven-' tion.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing,'I show at 1 a receptacle preferably cast in transparent glass and provided with a raised boss 2 in its center as shown, this boss having a vertical hole 3 formed in its vertical axis. Set in the hole 2 a resilient member ofany suitable kind suchas a rub- 4 her tube 4. -At5 I show a conical element of glass or any other suitable material preferably having a glazed outer surface and having a recess 6 formed .in'its under surface to engage the upper end of the tube l. On the outer surface of the cone 5 are formed a number of prongs 7 to form supports for bait as 8. i i

At 9 is shown a the top of the receptacle 1 like a cover," but having its central portion directed downwardly toward the bottonrof the receptacle and. shaped in the formof an inverted truncated cone. The u er surface of the conical portionlO is preferably glazed or made smooth in any suitable manner whereby to render it difficult for a rodent stepping down upon it to keep its footing, this smooth surface being indicated by the reference 11. The open end of theportion 10'is shown at 12, and this opening is slightly'larger-than the diameter of the base portion of the conical member 5 and is arranged concentric.

thereto. A strip 01 fabric may be mounted upon the upper'edge of the member 9 as shown.

\Vhen-the device has been constructed'and of operationmaylbe made within'the' scope member adapted to fit over p .central portlon extendingdownwardly into I the receptacle to point adjacentthe coniassembled as "described with some suitable bait mounted on the prongs'7 it is ready for A rodent may move L safely about the upper edge of the member 9 because o'fthe fabric 13 mountedthereon, butwheu it attempts to reach the-bait 8 it will lose its foothold, I

when attempting to negotiate the surfacell andfslip downward against the side of ele- Since the element 5 is also smooth the rodentslipsinto the chan'iber 16,from which there is no exit. a i

,mentb, therebyrcausing it to bendoversay .into the position indicated ,bythe line '14.

An animal caught in this manner is not tortured, but may be quickly discovered and:

invention,

changes inform, construction, and method ofthe appended claims' ,1 1

Iclaim:

1. A deviceof the character indicated, 7 comprising a receptacle, an upstanding yieldable element mounted upon the bottom thereof, anda chute extending downwardly into the receptacle to a. point adjacent the i said yieldable element; I

2.A device of the character described comprising a'receptacle, a conical element yieldingly mounted in the centerthereof, and

a cap memberior the receptacle having its cal element.

3; A device of the character described,- comprising a receptacle, an element y1eldingly mounted wlthln the receptacle, and a ingly mounted'within the receptacle and member having a smooth upper surtace extending downwardly into the receptacle tomeans for supporting bait thereon, and a cap a point adjacent the yielding element.

WILLIAM E. RAw iNes. f 

